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   From: beansoup@cnn.com   
      
   A stop-and-frisk poster boy at the forefront of a pending   
   federal lawsuit said Tuesday he wasn’t remorseful for selling   
   tourists thousands of dollars in bogus Broadway and concert   
   tickets after a Manhattan judge sentenced him to five years   
   probation.   
      
   “I’m their karma and this is my karma — ?we all got karma,” said   
   Angel Ortiz, 20, who copped to grand larceny and two counts of   
   possession of a forged instrument as part of a no-jail plea deal   
   last May.   
      
   “This happened to them because they were paying for something   
   they did wrong.”   
      
   ??Ortiz was busted January 10th for swindling about $8,000 from   
   at least six victims. He hawked fake tickets on Craigslist for   
   hit Broadway shows like “Book of Mormon” and “Kinky Boots” and   
   sporting events like Giants games.   
      
   He has to make full restitution in monthly installments of $200   
   and will have a criminal record.   
      
   Although he admits the scheme wasn’t worth it for him, he   
   doesn’t feel bad for his victims, he said.   
      
   “It could have been a way worse experience for them,” he mused,   
   wearing black slacks and a blue tie. “They could have come to NY   
   and never left.”   
      
   Ortiz was first in the news as a high-profile plaintiff in anti-   
   stop-and-frisk litigation in late 2012, posing for photos and   
   giving media interviews outside Manhattan Federal court.   
      
   He claimed cops illegally stopped and frisked him before   
   roughing him up for no reason near his Tremont Bronx home seven   
   years ago.   
      
   This time the fraudster, who has been busted three times for   
   pulling off the same scam, earned the police’s attention.   
      
   In the end the fast cash didn’t pay off. He spent a month in   
   jail before his mother paid approximately $7,000 to bail him out   
   – money he won’t get back, he said.   
      
   These days he’s sticking to legitimate employment and working as   
   a doorman at a Midtown building.   
      
   “I’m happy I don’t have to come to court anymore,” said the baby-   
   faced felon, flashing a warm smile as he left the building.   
      
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